Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Andre Klapper
On Mon, 2012-11-05 at 14:25 -0800, Quim Gil wrote: What about removing the LATER resolution from our Bugzilla? Picking this up again. Reading the postings again I mostly see support for dropping RESOLVED LATER. Daniel uses this for tickets whose solution is out of our control. As mentioned

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
On Nov 13, 2012 1:05 PM, Andre Klapper aklap...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mon, 2012-11-05 at 14:25 -0800, Quim Gil wrote: What about removing the LATER resolution from our Bugzilla? Picking this up again. Reading the postings again I mostly see support for dropping RESOLVED LATER. Daniel

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Quim Gil
Hi, trying to find the simplest path: On 11/13/2012 04:04 AM, Andre Klapper wrote: Assuming agreement that RESOLVED LATER is deprecated and lowest priority is used, * some community members need to adjust their Bugzilla queries to exclude such tickets. They will find out those

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Bartosz DziewoƄski
2012/11/13 Quim Gil quim...@gmail.com: * we need to go through all RESOLVED LATER tickets, reopen them by setting appropriate values (lowest priority, upstream), and explain why (pointing to this thread). Help welcome. Since free time is a luxury, what about simply a

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Derric Atzrott
* we need to go through all RESOLVED LATER tickets, reopen them by setting appropriate values (lowest priority, upstream), and explain why (pointing to this thread). Help welcome. Since free time is a luxury, what about simply a bulk change TO NEW / LOWEST. I know

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Nabil Maynard
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Quim Gil quim...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/13/2012 04:04 AM, Andre Klapper wrote: Assuming agreement that RESOLVED LATER is deprecated and lowest priority is used, * some community members need to adjust their Bugzilla queries to exclude such

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Quim Gil
On 11/13/2012 10:05 AM, Nabil Maynard wrote: On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Quim Gil quim...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/13/2012 04:04 AM, Andre Klapper wrote: Assuming agreement that RESOLVED LATER is deprecated and lowest priority is used, * some community members need to adjust

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Mark A. Hershberger
On 11/13/2012 11:54 AM, Martijn Hoekstra wrote: Once no RESOLVED LATER tickets remain, I can remove the resolution. Silence means approval. No it doesn't. The above exchange really confuses me. I'm not sure what else silence could mean when someone explicitly tells you (as Andre has) If

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Nathan Larson
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Mark A. Hershberger m...@everybody.orgwrote: On 11/13/2012 11:54 AM, Martijn Hoekstra wrote: Once no RESOLVED LATER tickets remain, I can remove the resolution. Silence means approval. No it doesn't. The above exchange really confuses me. I'm not

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Mark A. Hershberger
On 11/13/2012 02:07 PM, Nathan Larson wrote: On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Mark A. Hershberger m...@everybody.orgwrote: On 11/13/2012 11:54 AM, Martijn Hoekstra wrote: Silence means approval. No it doesn't. The above exchange really confuses me. Perhaps it should've been silence

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Andre Klapper
On Tue, 2012-11-13 at 14:16 -0500, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: Good point. It still has some negative connotations, though. Stick to single syllable words: If no one says anything, this is what I will do. That's definitely a better wording of what I wanted to express, thanks. andre -- Andre

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-13 Thread Andre Klapper
On Tue, 2012-11-13 at 14:16 -0500, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: Good point. It still has some negative connotations, though. Stick to single syllable words: If no one says anything, this is what I will do. That's definitely a better wording for what I wanted to express. Thanks. andre -- Andre

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-09 Thread Mark Clements (HappyDog)
Andre Klapper aklap...@wikimedia.org wrote in message news:1352303717.10307.18.ca...@embrace.foo... On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 14:10 -0800, Quim Gil wrote: Andre, I don't think we need a new resolution WAITING_FOR_UPSTREAM. After reading Krinkle's and your email I agree that there is no urgent

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-07 Thread Andre Klapper
Hi Daniel, On Mon, 2012-11-05 at 22:56 -0800, Daniel Friesen wrote: Things with the lowest priority should be things that could be fixed. But we've got no reason to implement ourselves. LATER should be things that for some technical reason outside our control, right-now we cannot fix. Is

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-07 Thread Andre Klapper
On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 14:10 -0800, Quim Gil wrote: Andre, I don't think we need a new resolution WAITING_FOR_UPSTREAM. After reading Krinkle's and your email I agree that there is no urgent need for it. This could still be reevaluated in the future. andre -- Andre Klapper | Wikimedia

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-06 Thread Andre Klapper
Hi, [See my comments inline] Quim: Thanks for the wonderful analogy and bringing this up again. The question boils down to: How and why do people use RESOLVED LATER? The same topic was discussed one year ago in http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2011-November/056583.html

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-06 Thread Krinkle
On Nov 6, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Andre Klapper aklap...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 02:24 +0100, Krinkle wrote: We have the following indications that should be used instead: * blockers / dependencies * status ASSIGNED * keyword upstream * priority low or lowest * severity minor

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-05 Thread Diederik van Liere
Hi, I made the exact same argument a while back (Dropping the LATER resolution in Bugzilla http://wikimedia.7.n6.nabble.com/Dropping-the-LATER-resolution-in-Bugzilla-td743804.html ) +1 D On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Quim Gil quim...@gmail.com wrote: I was a bit of a lazy child, specially

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-05 Thread Platonides
How many of them depend on action from somebody else? (eg. upstream fixing its tool) Of course, if we are waiting for upstream, it should list the upstream bug id, have upstream keyword, someone actually noticing when it's fixed, etc. but those are form issues, not the status. (and yes,

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-05 Thread Nabil Maynard
Personally, I like having a Postponed/Later resolution at least available. WONTFIX = We acknowledge this is a valid bug, but are choosing not to fix it due to time and resources necessary to fix it. We will not be revisiting this bug unless it is re-raised by others. LATER = We acknowledge this

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-05 Thread Isarra Yos
On 05/11/2012 16:02, Nabil Maynard wrote: Personally, I like having a Postponed/Later resolution at least available. WONTFIX = We acknowledge this is a valid bug, but are choosing not to fix it due to time and resources necessary to fix it. We will not be revisiting this bug unless it is

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-05 Thread Nabil Maynard
I suppose that depends on the particular project. From the sounds of it, the discussion is about removing LATER as a resolution option across the entire database, including some projects that do have specific people driving development (some extensions, for instance). There is also absolutely no

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-05 Thread Quim Gil
On 11/05/2012 03:02 PM, Nabil Maynard wrote: WONTFIX = We acknowledge this is a valid bug, but are choosing not to fix it due to time and resources necessary to fix it. We will not be revisiting this bug unless it is re-raised by others. LATER = We acknowledge this is a valid bug, and we agree

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-05 Thread Krinkle
On Nov 5, 2012, at 11:54 PM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: How many of them depend on action from somebody else? (eg. upstream fixing its tool) Of course, if we are waiting for upstream, it should list the upstream bug id, have upstream keyword, someone actually noticing when it's

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-05 Thread Daniel Friesen
-1 There is an important difference between WONTFIX and LATER. WONTFIX is something rejected because it's a bad idea, etc... LATER is something rejected because there are technical reasons we can't do it any time soon now. But in the future after some major even it's possible that we can

Re: [Wikitech-l] About RESOLVED LATER

2012-11-05 Thread Nathan Larson
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Quim Gil quim...@gmail.com wrote: What about removing the LATER resolution from our Bugzilla? It feels like sweeping reports under the carpet. If a team is convinced that something won't be addressed any time soon then they can WONTFIX. If anybody feels